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400 mn fliers by FY24, airports to get Rs 1-trn investment, says Scindia

The number of air passengers was 145 million in 2018-19. The traffic fell to 83.8 million in 2021 due to the pandemic.

Committed to revival of Jet Airways, says Kalrock-Jalan consortium

The firm has to obtain the air operator certificate (AOC) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation by March 22

Domestic aviation close to reaching 'pre-Covid' level: Aviation min Scindia

Airline industry that suffered heavy losses during Covi is returning to pre-Covid levels, and has recorded a traffic of 3.8 lakh passengers per day, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said

BCAS allows Sikh aviation sector employees to carry kirpan within airports

Aviation security regulator BCAS has permitted Sikh aviation sector employees to carry kirpan on person within the airport premises, a document stated

India to resume regular international flights from March 27: Scindia

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday said that regular international flights will resume from March 27 as the coronavirus situation in India has improved now.

Domestic airlines plan to operate 4% more flights in summer schedule 2022

Among the large airlines, Air India will see largest capacity addition

Aviation stocks rise as regular intl flights to resume, but crude a concern

Airlines currently face a challenging time ahead on account of record high ATF prices, which are likely to increase further on the back of Russia-Ukraine conflict, says an analyst

Qantas expects airfares to rise if oil price stays high due to Ukraine war

Qantas has hedged 90% of its fuel needs through the end of June and 50% in the following quarter, Chief Executive Alan Joyce says.

Ukraine crisis: United suspends Newark-Mumbai, San Francisco-Delhi flights

Airline has stopped flying over Russian airspace, continues to operate flights from Chicago and Newark to Delhi

US bans Russian flights from airspace, setting stage for retaliation

Airlines already face potentially lengthy blockages of key east-west flight corridors after the EU and Moscow issued tit-for-tat airspace bans.

Turkey's Ilker Ayci declines Air India CEO role in setback for Tata Group

RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch had last Friday said the government should not give clearance to the appointment of Ilker Ayci 'keeping in view national security'

Drones, laser beams prohibited near Delhi airport for 2 more months

Air Traffic Control of IGI Airport has reported incidents of vision distraction of the pilots by laser beam especially while landing the aircraft: Official

Vistara's Amritsar-bound flight makes emergency landing after snag

There were 146 passengers onboard the flight when it took off from IGI for Amritsar.

Maran, KAL Airways reject SpiceJet's Rs 600-cr offer to end share dispute

The senior counsel of KAL Airways said that Spicejet will have to pay them Rs 920 crore

EoI for sale of ground-handling arm of Air India next fiscal year

The government had last month transferred the ownership of Air India to Tata Group, after the later emerged as the winning bidder for buying the loss-making carrier.

SC asks Maran, KAL Airways to mull SpiceJet settlement offer on share spat

SpiceJet offers to pay Rs 600 cr cash in the share transfer case with former promoter Kalanithi Maran and his firm KAL Airways for a full and final settlement of all disputes

Air India: A name chosen through opinion poll more than 75 years ago

More than 75 years ago, an opinion poll among Tata employees to choose from four names resulted in the country's first airline company being named as 'Air India'. Little over 10 days after formally taking control of Air India, Tata Group on Sunday shared nuggets of information about the history of the full service airline. Tatas had lost control of Air India nearly seven decades ago before taking it back last month. Back in 1946, when Tata Air Lines expanded from a division of Tata Sons into a company, a name was to be chosen. "The choice for India's first airline company came down to Indian Airlines, Pan-Indian Airlines, Trans-Indian Airlines & Air India. #AirIndiaOnBoard#WingsOfChange," Tata Group said on Sunday. In a series of tweets, Tata Group also shared two pictures, including an excerpt from the Tata Monthly Bulletin of 1946. Air India retweeted the tweets. According to the bulletin, Tatas were faced with the problem of finding a name for the new Air Line Company which ..

Vistara cancels, reschedules several Feb flights; passengers complain

Vistara has cancelled and rescheduled a significant number of its February flights during the last few days, aviation industry sources said

Will 5G come in the way of India's flight safety?

The US rolled out 5G services amid fears of its interference with on-board instruments in flights. This led many countries to reschedule flights to the US. Will 5G compromise India's flight safety?

Airlines scramble to rejig US schedules amid concerns for 5G rollout

Air India, which serves four US destinations with Boeing 777s, said those flights would be curtailed or face changes in aircraft type starting from Wednesday.